American college football season
2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football |
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Big Sky co-champion |
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Conference | Big Sky Conference |
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Ranking |
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STATS | No. 4 |
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FCS Coaches | No. 4 |
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Record | 12–2 (8–0 Big Sky) |
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Head coach | - Beau Baldwin (9th season)
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Offensive coordinator | Aaron Best (16th season) |
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Offensive scheme | Multiple |
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Defensive coordinator | Jeff Schmedding (2nd season) |
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Base defense | 4–2–5 |
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Home stadium | Roos Field |
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The 2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by head coach Beau Baldwin, who was in his ninth season with Eastern Washington. The Eagles played their home games at Roos Field in Cheney, Washington and were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 12–2, 8–0 in Big Sky play to share the conference championship with North Dakota. They received the automatic bid into the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Central Arkansas and Richmond in the second round and quarterfinals, before losing to Youngstown State in the semifinals.
On January 16, 2017, head coach Beau Baldwin resigned to become the offensive coordinator at California.[1] He finished at Eastern Washington with a nine year record of 85–32.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 5:00 pm | at Washington State* | No. 14 | | P12N | W 45–42 | 32,952 |
September 10 | 12:30 pm | at No. 1 North Dakota State* | No. 8 | | SWX | L 44–50 OT | 18,906 |
September 17 | 4:05 pm | No. 10 Northern Iowa* | No. 8 | | SWX | W 34–30 | 9,111 |
September 24 | 4:05 pm | at Northern Arizona | No. 4 | | SWX | W 50–35 | 10,179 |
October 1 | 1:05 pm | UC Davis | No. 4 | | RTNW | W 63–30 | 10,741 |
October 8 | 1:05 pm | Northern Colorado | No. 4 | | SWX | W 49–31 | 10,924 |
October 22 | 11:05 am | at Montana State | No. 3 | | RTNW | W 41–17 | 18,087 |
October 29 | 12:35 pm | No. 16 Montana | No. 3 | | RTNW | W 35–16 | 10,931 |
November 5 | 6:05 pm | at No. 14 Cal Poly | No. 3 | | WBS | W 42–21 | 9,722 |
November 12 | 3:35 pm | Idaho State | No. 3 | | SWX | W 48–17 | 9,302 |
November 18 | 7:35 pm | at Portland State | No. 3 | | RTNW | W 35–28 | 5,669 |
December 3 | 1:00 pm | No. 14 Central Arkansas* | No. 3 | | ESPN3 | W 31–14 | 6,085 |
December 10 | 1:00 pm | No. 12 Richmond* | No. 3 | - Roos Field
- Cheney, WA (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)
| ESPN3 | W 38–0 | 5,150 |
December 17 | 3:30 pm | No. 13 Youngstown State* | No. 3 | - Roos Field
- Cheney, WA (NCAA Division I Semifinal)
| ESPNU | L 38–40 | 5,233 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Pacific time
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Roster
2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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Game summaries
At Washington State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#14 Eagles | 7 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 45 |
Cougars | 14 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 42 |
At North Dakota State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
#8 Eagles | 0 | 14 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 44 |
#1 Bison | 7 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 50 |
Northern Iowa
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#10 Panthers | 10 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 30 |
#8 Eagles | 0 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 34 |
At Northern Arizona
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#4 Eagles | 12 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 50 |
Lumberjacks | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
UC Davis
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Aggies | 0 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 30 |
#4 Eagles | 14 | 0 | 35 | 14 | 63 |
Northern Colorado
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bears | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
#4 Eagles | 3 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 49 |
At Montana State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#3 Eagles | 14 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 41 |
Bobcats | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Montana
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#16 Grizzlies | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
#3 Eagles | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
At Cal Poly
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#3 Eagles | 14 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
#14 Mustangs | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
Idaho State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bengals | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
#3 Eagles | 7 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 48 |
At Portland State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#3 Eagles | 7 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 35 |
Vikings | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
FCS playoffs
Second round – Central Arkansas
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#14 Bears | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
#3 Eagles | 0 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
Quarterfinals–Richmond
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#12 Spiders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
#3 Eagles | 7 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
Semifinals–Youngstown State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#13 Penguins | 7 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 40 |
#3 Eagles | 10 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS | 14 | 8 (1) | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 (17) | 3 (18) | 3 (18) | 3 (19) | 3 (21) | 3 (14) | 4 |
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Coaches | 17 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 (1) | 3 (1) | 3 (1) | 3 (1) | 3 (1) | 4 (1) | 4 |
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FCS Playoffs | Not released | 3 | 2 | 2 | Not released |
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References
- ^ "Eastern Washington coach Beau Baldwin hired as Cal's OC". January 17, 2017.
- ^ Schedule
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National championship seasons in bold |
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College Division / Division II | |
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I-AA/FCS | - Northern Arizona (1978)
- Montana State (1979)
- Boise State (1980)
- Idaho State (1981)
- Montana, Idaho, & Montana State (1982)
- Nevada (1983)
- Montana State (1984)
- Idaho (1985)
- Nevada (1986)
- Idaho (1987)
- Idaho (1988)
- Idaho (1989)
- Nevada (1990)
- Nevada (1991)
- Idaho & Eastern Washington (1992)
- Montana (1993)
- Boise State (1994)
- Montana (1995)
- Montana (1996)
- Eastern Washington (1997)
- Montana (1998)
- Montana (1999)
- Montana (2000)
- Montana (2001)
- Montana, Montana State, & Idaho State (2002)
- Montana State, Montana, & Northern Arizona (2003)
- Montana & Eastern Washington (2004)
- Eastern Washington, Montana State, & Montana (2005)
- Montana (2006)
- Montana (2007)
- Weber State & Montana (2008)
- Montana (2009)
- Montana State & Eastern Washington (2010)
- Montana State & Montana (2011)
- Eastern Washington, Montana State, & Cal Poly (2012)
- Eastern Washington (2013)
- Eastern Washington (2014)
- Southern Utah (2015)
- Eastern Washington & North Dakota (2016)
- Southern Utah & Weber State (2017)
- Eastern Washington, UC Davis, & Weber State (2018)
- Sacramento State & Weber State (2019)
- Weber State (2020)
- Sacramento State (2021)
- Montana State & Sacramento State (2022)
- Montana (2023)
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National championships in bold |
2016 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants |
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Champion – James Madison |